For those that got to see the inner workings I hope you saw that a lot of work has gone into this by a number of people.

Rules are rules and if the ownership says we have to have a name associated with a response to a question then Greg's suggestion is OK by me. Let it be known, though, that every answer is one that IS reviewed and agreed upon before it is posted.

If the community here is not comfortable with the IRRA ID then we can go with Greg's suggestion.

Good job on the new rules. Will you be publishing info on the IRRA Motor Refurbishing Program in the near future? Please keep in mind those of us who live out in the boondocks and can't attend all of the races in our region... we still have a need to have our motors re-worked even though we may have only run them at our local raceway. The EC Retro rules are a disadvantage to racers like me since you have to turn your motor in at a race and them get them back at the next race.

Thanks for all your efforts in getting this thing going!

Don Weaver

Don Weaver

​A slot car racer who never grew up!

The supply of government exceeds demand.L.H. Lapham

If the brain-eating amoeba invades Washingtonit will starve to death...

Although I have removed myself from slot car politics on this board or any other. I think most of the questions asked can be answered with another question: Was it used, devised, in practice prior to 1970?...

With all due respect, the car I have shown reflects pretty much exactly the technology of a late-1967 pro inline car:
-center section made of multiple brass rails
-three-side inline motor bracket
-hinged square side pans
-solid front axle
-replica period body with replica separate cockpit

When Mike asked "So what part of the car I referred to was used, devised, or in practice pre-1970?" he was referring to the chassis picture he posted in post 47, not the pic you posted.

Rick, the problem with using "Was it used, devised, in practice prior to 1970?" as a hard standard is that it isn't a standard at all. Maybe it could be called a guideline or a timeframe, but that test doesn't define anything in a clear and unequivocal manner.

Gentlemen, the purpose of this forum is to address questions regarding the IRRA rules. If you want to debate retro in general, or argue retro-racing in philosophical terms, please start a new topic and take the arguments there.

Further off-topic posts in this thread will either be moved or deleted.

Gregory Wells

Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap